Duplicate order/therapy policy

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Marysia Kluzek-Seng
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Duplicate order/therapy policy

Hello,

I was hoping to gain some ways to cut down on duplicate orders/therapy without reaching out to the physician. While searching this site, I read about P&T approved policies that allows pharmacists to discontinue duplicate orders and a "Pharmacist Authority Policy" that allows pharmacists to make corrections to certain orders. Would anyone be willing to share these policies or policies like this with us? We are a small hospital still on paper. This, along with many things, is hard to tackle without the use of an EMR.

Thank you, Marysia